Agricultural Science Primary 4 Second Term Examination (2018)

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION 2018
CLASS: PRIMARY 4 SUBJECT: AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
NAME:……………………………………………………………………………………
  1. The chemical used to kill weed is known as ___________ (a) pesticide (b) herbicide (c) insecticide
  2. The following are examples of ornamental plant except _____ (a) morning glory (b) grasses (c) lilly
  3. Which of the following is an insect pest? (a) grasshopper (b) rat (c) quail
  4. Good planting materials should be free from ______ (a) disease (b) nutrients (c) stress
  5. Ornamental plants can also be referred to as ______ (a) bitter leaf (b) flower (c) grasses
  6. Salting is an act of using salt to preserve food (a) yes (b) no (c) am not sure
  7. _________ is the use of seed to grow new plant (a) sexual propagation (b) asexual propagation (c) vegetative propagation
  8. The following are propagated by seed except ______ (a) groundnut (b) cassava (c) maize
  9. Which of the following manure involves the combination of drugs, urine and other metabolic wastes of domestic of domestic animals (a) fertilizer (b) green manure (c) farmyard manure
  10. Do fertilizers increase the fertility of the soil (a) yes (b) no (c) not sure
  11. _________ is the chemical used to kill pest (a) insecticide (b) fungicide (c) pesticide
  12. Is it good to control weeds on a farmland (a) yes (b) no (c) may be
  13. Any organism that is capable of causing economic damage to plant is known as ______ (a) weeds (b) pest (c) farm animals
  14. The person that grows flower is called _______ (a) florist (b) farmer (c) gardener
  15. Ornamental plants can be used for beautification (a) true (b) false (c) am not sure
  16. Which of the following operation is done or carried out after planting in growing of ornamental plant (a) watering (b) land clearing (c) seedbed preparation
  17. The act of trimming the vegetative plant parts to have good shape is known as ____    (a) mulching (b) pruning (c) weeding
  18. The final person whom the finished are distributed to is referred to as _____ (a) consumers (b) producers (c) retailers
  19. There are _____ factors of production (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  20. The reward of land as a free gift of nature is ______ (a) salary (b) interest (c) rent
Theory
  1. What is production
  2. List the factors of productions
  3. What are pest killing chemicals
  4. Give five examples of pests
  5. Ornamental plants are
  6. Mention four tools used for growing ornamental plants
  7. What is crop propagation?
  8. Give two examples of crops propagated (i) Sexually (ii) Asexually
  9. Mention any four types of preservation methods that you know
  10. The process in vegetative propagation are